Advanced Buoyant System
- Advanced Buoyancy System
- Crush test of Advanced Buoyancy System
- A buoyancy system has been developed with high strength and low specific gravity, which make the vehicle’s buoyancy neutral in the deep sea.
- In 2010, a prototype test was conducted.
Advanced Graphic Image System
- Fish-eye lens picture adjusted by the Advanced Graphic Imaging System
- Fish-eye lens picture
- The Advanced Graphic Image System has been developed to allow field observations to be made and to carry out valuable work at the deep-ocean floor.
- In 2010, prototype test of Omnidirectional Image system and a evaluation test of position awareness techniques were conducted.
Advanced Manipulator
Advanced Manipulator with retractable soft fingers
- The Advanced Manipulator has been developed to allow marine samples to be collected and to carry out important work.
- In 2010, a prototype of the multiple-finger manipulator system was designed and built, and a verification test of its control system was conducted.
New Propulsion system
Flipper-type crawler system
- A New Propulsion system has been developed to allow operation in any conditions at the ocean floor.
- In 2010, an evaluation test of Flipper-type crawler system was conducted.
Strong Lightweight Cable
Structure of strong lightweight cable
- Prototype tests of strong lightweight cable, which connect the vehicle and it’s support vessel, have been conducted.
Optical Communication System
Onboard SM-type light rotary joint
- The Optical Communication System has been developed for high-speed and high-capacity optical communication between the vehicle and it’s support vessel.
- In 2010, a prototype test of the rotary joint and an evaluation test of the Optical Communication System as a whole were conducted.
